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...itions that caused inefficient, abnormal breathing patterns - they breathed too fast and too shallow to maximize their lung capacity. Weinberger noted that these physical abnormalities, which included minor degrees of scoliosis, were generally not otherwise problematic for the patients and only caused breathi...Late developers may run higher risk of infection than sexually mature younger teens
...s associated with infertility. Specific behaviour patterns had specific effects on particular infections. A recent new partner or use of a condom was associated with a lower risk of chlamydial infection, while the use of emergency contraception doubled the risk. Sex during a period also increased the risk o...UCSF study offers insight into human circadian rhythms
...ad to a therapeutic target for the disrupted sleep patterns seen in such groups as those facing jet lag or nighttime work shifts. More broadly, the gene provides a probe for exploring the regulatory mechanisms of the body's internal biological clock, or circadian rhythms -- a waxing and waning of genetic, bio...Hausman to give keynote address at 'Breastfeeding, Motherhood and Feminism' symposium
...r's Cone Ballroom. Dramatic changes in employment patterns in recent decades have brought women many new opportunities. But along with these gains come challenges, including the well-documented work-family dilemma -- the struggle to be employed and provide for a family's health and well being at the same tim...Cultural and social factors influence prostate cancer treatment
...al biomedical variables in understanding treatment patterns of early-stage prostate cancer."...New evaluation tool reliably predicts recovery from coma
... that tracking individual neurobehavioral recovery patterns during coma recovery is useful for medical and rehabilitation management. For example, investigators found that medical decision-making regarding short-term effects of pharmacological interventions was improved. Previously undetected secondary medica...RIT takes eye-tracking research to next level
...ed in laboratories where subjects looked at simple patterns on monitors in darkened rooms. Pelz argues that those experiments tell scientists little about how people use their eyes in daily life. "The overarching question is how much of what we learn in the laboratory can we extend to the real world?" asks P...Study finds majority of women willing to accept cervical cancer vaccine for self and children
...ry of an abnormal Pap test were found to alter the patterns of potential acceptance of the vaccine. More information about the study can be found in the manuscript "Are Women Ready for the Cervical Cancer Vaccine?" The authors of the study are: Diane C. Bodurka, MD, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Brian M. ...African-American women with endometrial cancer have more aggressive cancer than Caucasian women
...l type. It was found that distinct and different patterns of gene expression may characterize advanced endometrial cancers in African-American and Caucasian women, and that these underlying molecular differences may partially explain the racial disparity in survival outcome. More information about the studi...Physicists find patterns within seemingly random events of physiological systems
(Boston) -- Finding patterns behind seemingly random events is the signature of...searchers, therefore, speculate that the dynamical patterns found in these wakefulness periods may hint at underlying similarities to the neural networks contro...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...se the awareness of women's cardiovascular disease patterns and directly improve the quality of care of women ...men's risk profiles, disease onset and progression patterns as well as men's. Women's symptom profiles often vary markedly from those of their male counterparts...Mechanism of RNA recoding: New twists in brain protein production
... study, Reenan's group identified species-specific patterns of RNA recoding on such targets, but didn't explai...andedly determine the species-specific RNA editing patterns that Reenan previously observed. For example, part of the RNA molecule he focused on--the code for t...Malt liquor beers, and the people who drink them, are different
...erage type in order to explore if alcohol drinking patterns and consequences differ for MLB consumers. They will also continue to analyze data from this study, investigating gender differences in drinking behaviors and self-reported alcohol-related consequences....Effects of education level on rates of obesity differ by race
...es," the authors conclude. "Because race-education patterns appear to be well established by midlife, prevention efforts aimed at reducing the prevalence of obesity in African-American women should begin in adolescence or early adulthood."...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
... that tracking individual neurobehavioral recovery patterns during coma recovery is useful for medical and rehabilitation management. Brain wave abnormalities may help explain interpersonal challenges faced by people with TBI, pg 29 This study uses visually evoked brain waves to identify emotion recognitio...New fingerprint visualization method uses X-rays to reveal missing clues
...lts. And since these salts are deposited along the patterns present in a fingerprint, an image of the fingerprint can be visualized producing an elemental image for analysis. In preliminary laboratory studies using the technique, Worley and his associates demonstrated that they could even detect fingerprints ...New NHS payment system 'is no panacea'
...ange in numbers of emergency admissions and coding patterns compared with those providers still under the old block contracts. Foundation trusts showed a greater increase in short stay inpatient admissions through accident and emergency departments (24%) than non-foundation trusts (17%). However, average epis......leagues studied the day-to-day medication-ordering patterns and interactions of housestaff working in a tertiary-care teaching hospital, which, at that time, ran a popular CPOE system. In addition to a comprehensive survey of almost 90% of the housestaff who use CPOE, the researchers also shadowed the doctor...Mayo Clinic study sets threshold for valve repair surgery
... ultrasound images of the heart and its blood flow patterns to determine which physical characteristics predicted patient outcomes. Age and diabetic status were strongly associated with poorer outcomes. However, the most important finding was that the effective regurgitant orifice area the cross-sectional s...... them identify strategies to change their drinking patterns and were encouraged to be nonconfrontational and nonstigmatizing. More than 90 percent of the emergency practitioners who were trained passed the proficiency exam after the first try. Between March 2002 and August 2003 a total of 250 patients were co...